Ice-cream cabinet



Jan. 29 1924.. 1,482,134

V. L. K|NG ICE CREAM CABINET Filed Feb. l5, 1923 WW1/woo Q- e' M @5w V6.0.

Patented Jan. 29, 1924..

UNITED STATES VICTOR LYTTON KING, F WEST POINT, MISSISSIPPI.

ICE-CREAM CABINET.

Application led February 15, 1923. Serial No. 619,322.

To all 'whom t may conce-ra.'

Be it known that I, VICTOR L. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Point, in the county of Clay and State of Mssissippi, have invented certa-in new and useful Improvements in Ice-Cream Cabinets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to refrigerating devices and more particularly to cabinets which are designed primarily for preserving ice cream and similar products.

One object of the invention is to provide a cabinet of the character set forth having a container for the ice cream can and an ice compartment having one side formed by a portion of the Container wall, said wall having an opening for admitting ice water into the can container, while excluding ice from said container, thus making it a simple matter to insert and remove the can of cream or the like.

Another object is to provide an openwork rack within the can container for the purpose of spacing the can from all sides of the container, thus permitting the cooling fluid to entirely surround the can.

A further object is to provide the upper end of the cancontainer with a removable ring carrying -aclosure which may be removed for'the purpose of dipping ice cream or the like from the can within said container, said ring serving to prevent the can from being buoyed upwardlly by the cooling fluid.

l/Vitli the foregoing and minor objects in View, the invention resides in the novel subject mattei' hereinafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view througl'i a cabinet constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation partly in vertical section, as indicated by line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is substantially a horizontal section cut on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the openwork rack for spacing the can from the container wall.

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the rack.

In the drawings above briefly described,

said container being secured to the top portion 3, around an opening 7 therein, this container being adapted to receive an ice cream can or the like C and serving to retain ice water entirely around this pan to prevent melting of its contents.

WVithin the cabinet 1, behind the container 5, is an ice receptacle 7 whose upper end opens through the top portion 2 and is provided with a removable closure 8. This receptacle 7 includes an upright back wall 9, a. pair of upright side walls 10 and a short front wall 11. As indicated at 12 in Fig. 3, the side walls 10 straddle and are secured to the container 5 and as disclosed in Fig. 1, the lower end of the short front wall 171 is directed forwardly and secured to the upper end of said container. Thus,the rear wall of this container forms the greater part of the front wall for the receptacle 7, so that it is directly exposed to the ice, ice Water and salt in the compartment 7, thus assuring that the container 5 shall remain at a low temperature. Furthermore, the ice cold salt water from the melting ice in the receptacle 7, is admitted to the container 5 through an opening 13 in the container Wall', whereby it may contact directly Vwith the can C. Pieces of ice however, which would be sufficiently large to interfere with proper insertion and removal of the can C, are excluded from the container 5 by a hood 14 which is secured to the outer side of thel container wall, over the opening 13.

In orderthat the ice Water may entirely surround the can C, I prefer to provide an openwork rack or sleeve 15 to surround `said can within the container 5, thus spacing the walls of said can and container apart and permitting the desired entrance of the cooling fluid into .this space. The rack 15 may well be constructed of spaced axially alined hoops 16 connected b-y longitudinal bars 17, as detailed in Figs. 4 and 5.

To prevent possible rise of the ice Water or brine in the container 5, to such anextent as to flow into the can C, l provide said container with an outlet pipe 18 near its upper end, this pipe being here shown as closed at its outer end with a cap 19 whose upper side has an opening 20. Thus, while the excess liquid may drain out, a liquid seal is provided which prevents air from entering and thus raising the internal tem )erature of the device.

eretofore, particularly when the can of cream has been' almost emptied, difficulty has been experienced in preventing this can from being buoyed upwardly by they ice Water in the cabinet. I overcome this difficulty however, by the provision of a ring 21 which carries the removable closure 22, which is moved aside when removing cream from the can. rlhe internal diameter of the ring 21 is less than the external diameter of the can C and thus it will be seen that this can is held against rising beyond the cabinet. Any suitable means may be employed for detachably connecting the ring 21 to the cabinet top, but I. prefer to provide said ring with a pair of opposed radial projections 23 engageable with and disengageable from retaining lingers 24, by rotation of the ring, said fingers being secured to the inclined top portion 3.

Any suitable provision may be made for draining the container 5 and the ice receptacle 7 Whenever necessary. For this purpose, l have-shown a nipple 25 normally closed by a screw cap 26.

By providing a cabinet of the character described, it will be seen that it will present a number of important advantages vover similar devices now commonly in use. EX- cellent results may be obtained from the de tails disclosed and they may therefore be followed if desired, but within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minor changes may be made.

ll claim 1. A refl'igerating device comprising a cabinet whose top is formed with a forwardly declined front portion having' an opening provided with a removable closure, a forwardly inclinedcan container iu said cabinet Whose upper end is disposed around said opening, and an ice receptacle in the cabinet behind said container having its front Wall formed by the rear Wall of said container, the latter having an opening for admitting ice Water to its interior from the ice receptacle.

2. A refrigerating device comprising a cabinet whose top is formed With a forwardly declined front portion having an opening provided With a removable closure, a forwardly inclined can container in said cabinet spaced from the cabinet front and the sides of said cabinet, an ice receptacle in the cabinet behind said can container and comprising a back Wall spaced from the back vwall of the cabinet, a pair of side walls spaced from the sides of said cabinet, and a bottom, said side Walls and bottom of the ice receptacle being secured liquidtightly to the rear side of said can-container,r whereby the latter forms a front wall for said ice receptacle, which Wall is formed with an opening for admitting ice Water into the can container, and a heat-insulating packing between the cabinet Walls and the can container and ice receptacle.

ln testimony whereof l have hereunto aiixed my signature.

VICTOR LYTTON KlNG. 

